ManUtd v Arsenal FA Cup Preview

Tomorrow the two teams at the top of the Premier League take each other on in the fifth round of the FA Cup at Old Trafford.

Manchester United
Squad:
Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Brown, O'Shea, Simpson, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Nani, Park, Scholes, Ronaldo, Anderson, Carrick, Hargreaves, Giggs, Tevez, Rooney, Saha, Welbeck.
Injuries:
United are still without Neville although he is expected to return soon.
Manager:
"Louis has trained all week and should be involved," revealed Sir Alex Ferguson at his pre-match press conference. “We have strong squad for Saturday, probably the strongest for a while."
“I don’t think either side will play the team that everyone expects," he said. "We’ll make a couple of changes. "
"My view is that with massive games like Arsenal and then Lyon on Wednesday, you have to give a lot of consideration to how you balance out your teams. Hopefully I get it right.”


Arsenal:
Squad:
Lehmann, Fabianski, Senderos, Hleb, Fabregas, Flamini, Adebayor, Eduardo, Bendtner, Traore, Song, J Hoyte, Gilberto, Gilbert, Randall, G Hoyte, Lansbury.

Injuries: Arsenal are without quite a few players due to injury: Manuel Almunia (sick),Gael Clichy (hamstring),Denilson (hamstring),Abou Diaby (calf),Johan Djourou (groin),Tomas Rosicky (hamstring),Bacary Sagna (personal reasons),Philippe Senderos (knee/thigh),Robin van Persie (thigh) and Theo Walcott (thigh).
Manager:
"We have some problems," Arsene Wenger told the official Arsenal website. "Clichy might be out. He has a knee problem and a tight hamstring.
"We have Sagna out for personal reasons unfortunately. Philippe Senderos has not practiced all week because of a thigh and a knee problem. Theo Walcott will be short for Saturday and I wanted to play him."
Despite a crippling injury list and next week's Champions League duel with AC Milan, Wenger insists he will still field a side strong enough to advance at United's expense.
"It will be as strong as possible so we have a good chance to win the game without putting the rest of the season into jeopardy by risking injuries," he said. "But I will have a busy night thinking about what I'll do."
Prediction's
BBC's Mark Lawrenson's Predictions: ManUtd 1-1 Arsenal
Skysports Prediction: ManUtd 2-1 Arsenal
My Prediction: ManUtd 2-1 Arsenal

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